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Figures show that one in eight children today has no siblings. In 2010, it was just over one in ten.
Denmark is having many more only children, and this could make society more productive, according to researchers.
Where in 2010 it was one in ten children, this year it is one in eight. Research professor in demography at the Rockwool Foundation Peter Fallesen tells DR that there are several reasons for the increase in only children. This is due, among other things, to the fact that more women are giving birth to their first child later in life today than they have done in the past. The average age for first-time mothers in 2025 was 30.4 years. In 2010, the…
The number of only children is clearly highest in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, writes DR. Here, approximately every fifth child is an only child, while this applies to only every eighth child nationwide, according to figures from Statistics Denmark. According to research professor at the Rockwool Foundation Laust Hvas Mortensen, this is due to the housing market. - Many families start in Copenhagen, but when the family grows, they look away fro…
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